English

Alternative forms

• polemicall (obsolete)

Adjective

polemical ‎(comparative more polemical, superlative most polemical)

1. Of, or relating to argument or controversy; polemic or contentious.
2. Causing an argument; causing the expression of opposing opinions; disputatious.
   • 2012, Craig L. Blomberg, Interpreting the Parables (ISBN 0830866779), page 48:

     Not only are all these allegations worded in an unnecessarily polemical style, they are also simply false

   • 2013, Johannes Zachhuber, Theology as Science in Nineteenth-Century Germany (ISBN 0199641919), page 57:

     Remarkable here is the rather polemical choice of words […]

Synonyms

• polemic
• controversial
• disputatious

Translations

Noun

polemical ‎(plural polemicals)

1. A diatribe or polemic.

External links

• polemical in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• polemical in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911